F07RS SGB No. 2 (SG Surplus)

A BILL To allocate funds from the Student Government Surplus Accoun

A Transcriptomic Exploration of Hawaiian Drosophilid Development and Evolution

One in four known species of fruit flies inhabit the Hawaiian Islands. From a small number of colonizing flies, a wide range of species evolved, some of which managed to reverse-colonize other continental environments. In order to explore the developmental pathways, which separate the Hawaiian Drosophila proper and the Scaptomyza group that contains reverse-colonized species, the transcriptomes of two better-known species in each group, Scaptomyza anomala and Drosophila grimshawi, were analyzed to find changes in gene expression between the two groups. This study describes a novel transcriptome for S. anomala studies as well as unusual changes in gene expression in D. grimshawi relative to other species, revealing priorities of both species in early development

Comparison Of Air Displacement Plethysmography And Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry For Estimation Of Body Fat Percentage In National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Athletes

The aim of this research is to study the Apple iOS and Android mobile frameworks from a developers\u27 perspective. The first chapter introduces a historical overview of operating systems for mobile devices as well the motivation and objectives of the research. The second chapter introduces basic principles of the iOS and Android mobile frameworks in order to evaluate the platforms. The third chapter evaluates and compares the main features of both frameworks. The fourth chapter discusses the implementation of several applications on the iOS and Android mobile frameworks, which are used to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of each platform. The final chapter contains a summary, which gives an outlook of the future of the platforms

The sports appeal: are atheletics a viable academic marketing vehicle in higher education?

Universities are beginning to brand themselves. The days when the doors to higher-ed opened and students flooded into the classrooms are no more. Colleges have to find ways to separate themselves from each other in a noisy marketplace. Also there is a decline in newsroom resources for academic coverage, which leaves university marketers searching for ways to communicate their messages. However, universities have another available marketing outlet, which is not seeing declining media attention: sports. College sports are a big business, which generate national media attention. The Southeastern Conference had revenues of over $100 million from the marketing of its sports to television networks. The national reach of college sporting events is immense and university marketing officials have the opportunity to capitalize. This study examined a communications campaign launched by Louisiana State University\u27s Office of University Relations to see how it translated athletic coverage generated by its 2003 college football national championship appearance into academic promotion. This case study was used to determine if athletics are a viable academic marketing tool in higher education. It used student enrollment, licensing revenue, and movement in the U.S. News and World Report\u27s college rankings subsequent to the championship to evaluate the campaign and determine if sports are a viable academic marketing vehicle. Athletic success provided a Halo around the LSU brand and its Office of University Relations capitalized by launching a marketing campaign titled A Great Game Plan On and Off the Field. Since winning a football national championship LSU has realized a 208% increase in licensing royalties, student enrollment has reached record numbers, and its academic reputation ranking in U.S. News and World Report\u27s college rankings increased. The positive results realized by LSU after winning an athletic national championship are an indicator that sports are an effective academic marketing vehicle in higher education

Systematic Comparison of Pre-Treatment Parameters in Forensic Hair Analysis and Investigating Hair-drug Interactions

Forensic toxicological analysis for the purposes of protecting human health and supporting criminal justice activities can be achieved, in part, by means of analysis of human head hair for detection of abused substances. Hair is considered an alternative sample matrix (compared to blood and urine) because of persistent interpretive challenges caused by a lack of standardization in analytical approaches and poor understanding of the biases resulting from physicochemical interactions between major hair components (e.g., melanin) and drugs of abuse. Some of the uncertainty regarding optimal techniques for the pre-treatment of hair specimens results from the unknown nature of the interactions between drugs and hair components, in particular melanin. Thus, the second focus of this work was to study these interactions with select drugs and melanin by UV/Visible spectroscopy. Another source of uncertainty is attributed to the lack of standardization in the analytical approach to hair testing. As a complex solid sample matrix, hair requires pre-treatment measures including decontamination, homogenization, and extraction to remove drug from the hair components to allow for analysis. Optimizing these pre-treatment parameters is essential for accurate toxicological analysis of this matrix. Thus, a major focus of this work was to conduct a comprehensive comparison of the efficacy of decontamination and extraction variables by means of statistical design of experiments (DoE). Major findings of this work were a minimum of four consecutive washes were necessary for the decontamination of hair and solvent swelling of the matrix resulted in the highest extraction of the five analytes under study. The other major conclusion of this work was the interaction between eumelanin and drugs is a result of ionic interactions and van der Waals forces. Additionally, association constants between drugs and eumelanin were determined to provide additional insight into the strength of interactions between drugs with different physicochemical properties and eumelanin. These findings will impact the forensic science community by contributing to a body of research aimed at determining the most effective method(s) for decontaminating hair samples for forensic analysis, the subsequent isolation of drugs from hair, and by investigating the interactions between melanin and select drugs of abuse

S07RS SGB No. 19 (Ag Week)

A BILL To appropriate $1150 from the funds of the Student Government Initiatives account to fund the College of Agriculture’s “Ag Week” and related programs from March 19th- 24t

John C. Stennis Space Center roles and missions

Space transportation propulsion systems; diagnostics testbed facility characteristics; engine plume diagnostics; and thermal infrared imaging technology development are outlined. This presentation is represented by viewgraphs

Ensuring Safe Exploration: Ares Launch Vehicle Integrated Vehicle Ground Vibration Testing

Ground vibration testing has been an integral tool for developing new launch vehicles throughout the space age. Several launch vehicles have been lost due to problems that would have been detected by early vibration testing, including Ariane 5, Delta III, and Falcon 1. NASA will leverage experience and testing hardware developed during the Saturn and Shuttle programs to perform ground vibration testing (GVT) on the Ares I crew launch vehicle and Ares V cargo launch vehicle stacks. NASA performed dynamic vehicle testing (DVT) for Saturn and mated vehicle ground vibration testing (MVGVT) for Shuttle at the Dynamic Test Stand (Test Stand 4550) at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, and is now modifying that facility to support Ares I integrated vehicle ground vibration testing (IVGVT) beginning in 2012. The Ares IVGVT schedule shows most of its work being completed between 2010 and 2014. Integrated 2nd Stage Ares IVGVT will begin in 2012 and IVGVT of the entire Ares launch stack will begin in 2013. The IVGVT data is needed for the human-rated Orion launch vehicle's Design Certification Review (DCR) in early 2015. During the Apollo program, GVT detected several serious design concerns, which NASA was able to address before Saturn V flew, eliminating costly failures and potential losses of mission or crew. During the late 1970s, Test Stand 4550 was modified to support the four-body structure of the Space Shuttle. Vibration testing confirmed that the vehicle's mode shapes and frequencies were better than analytical models suggested, however, the testing also identified challenges with the rate gyro assemblies, which could have created flight instability and possibly resulted in loss of the vehicle. Today, NASA has begun modifying Test Stand 4550 to accommodate Ares I, including removing platforms needed for Shuttle testing and upgrading the dynamic test facilities to characterize the mode shapes and resonant frequencies of the vehicle. The IVGVT team expects to collect important information about the new launch vehicles, greatly increasing astronaut safety as NASA prepares to explore the Moon and beyond

Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging

This unit reviews the physical principles and methodologies involved in diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for clinical applications. Diffusion‐sensitive MRI noninvasively provides insight into processes and microscopic cellular structures that alter molecular water mobility. Formalism to extend the Bloch equation to include effects of random translational motion through field gradients is reviewed. Definition of key acquisition parameters is also reviewed along with common methods to calculate and display tissue diffusion properties in a variety of image formats. Characterization of potential directional‐dependence of diffusion (i.e., anisotropy), such as that which exists in white matter, requires DTI. Diffusion tensor formalism and measurement techniques then reduce the diffusion tensor into standard anisotropy quantities that are summarized along with commonly used methods to depict directional information in an image format.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145343/1/cpmib0801.pd

Brain connectivity Patterns Dissociate action of specific Acupressure Treatments in Fatigued Breast cancer survivors

Funding This work was supported by grants R01 CA151445 and 2UL1 TR000433-06 from the National Institutes of Health. The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. We thank the expert assistance by Dr. Bradley Foerster in acquisition of 1H-MRS and fMRI data.Peer reviewedPublisher PD